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Chapter 602: Planning for the Future and Taking Danger
When Zhang Anping returned to Shanghai, he was entrusted with several tasks, one of which was:
Get the printing template for Wang Puppet Central Reserve Bank Notes.
The idea of using counterfeit currency to counter counterfeit currency came from Zhang Anping. His father, Zhang Guanfu, was tricked by Zhang Anping into becoming the "chief of counterfeit currency manufacturing."
Zhang Guanfu, who was framed by him as the "chief of counterfeit currency production", led a working group that made significant progress in counterfeiting counterfeit currency. However, due to the limitation of templates, it was still difficult to make the counterfeit currency indistinguishable from the real thing.
It’s not that Lao Zhang is incompetent, nor is it a problem with various shady experts, but a problem with the printing template.
Therefore, Zhang Anping had to provide a template for the banknote-making team led by his father.
Zhang Anping had many options before him. The most direct and effective way was to launch an armed raid on Wang Puppet's banknote-making factory and obtain the banknote printing templates.
But the problem is that once it is acquired by force, the Wang Puppet regime will inevitably replace the new template and issue a new version of the Central Reserve Bank of China Notes, which will make the past template useless.
This eliminated the possibility of obtaining it by force, and even stealing was not feasible - the only way was to obtain it without anyone noticing, without letting the Wang Puppet regime discover it from beginning to end.
Otherwise, even if you get the template, it will be a waste of effort.
But Wang's finances were managed by Zhou Fohai. This bastard had learned from Fujita Yoshimasa's lesson and guarded the banknote factory very tightly. The employees and guards were transferred from Peking, Tianjin and Northeast China. The Shanghai Military Control Commission secretly planned for several months, but not only did it fail to obtain the template, but also lost two brothers.
This is mainly because Zhang Anping’s requirement is to obtain the template without alerting the enemy.
This request was like dancing on the edge of a knife, which really made it difficult for the omnipotent Shanghai Military Control Commission, leading to a series of failures.
This situation could not be changed even if Zhang Anping personally intervened, so he simply stopped the secret theft plan and thought of other ways to achieve his goal.
In the end, he chose a path that seemed absolutely impossible:
Go to Zhou Fohai and ask for it directly!
It sounds like a joke, but after thinking for a long time and making sufficient preparations, Zhang Anping determined that this path is actually the easiest to achieve.
Even if he failed, he believed that Zhou Fohai would not do anything to him.
However, he always felt that he lacked an opportunity, so he had been restraining his impulse. But now he felt that the opportunity had come, so he decided to meet Zhou Fohai in person to ask for the printing template.
This decision can be said to be extremely bold. One must know that Zhou Fohai was almost the third-ranked figure in the Wang Puppet regime and was also the leader of the Wang Puppet financial system. Asking him for printing templates to make counterfeit money seemed like a fantasy no matter how one looked at it.
……
Although Zhang Anping was very sure that Zhou Fohai would not do anything to him, he was not stupid enough to run directly to Zhou Fohai's residence in Shanghai. So he used a pseudonym and spent a lot of money to get a chance to meet Zhou Fohai.
This was a gathering full of traitors. Zhang Anping was brought into the party by Zhou Fohai's confidant, who told Zhang Anping to be patient and that he would find a chance to bring him to Minister Zhou.
Zhang Anping readily agreed, and after the other party left, he wandered around the Western-style dance party nonchalantly. He was a social savvy and could make friends. After a while, he started talking to a lot of traitors.
While he was talking nonsense, he was muttering the other party's "ranking" in his mind:
This list of anti-traitors is number 43;
This list of anti-traitors is number 29;
This list of anti-traitors is number 18...
This No. 3 on the list of anti-traitors - Hey, this seems to be the real boss?
Zhang Anping immediately put on a smile: "Minister Zhou, my name is Shi Haozhang..."
He started talking a lot. In order to show some self-control, Zhou Fohai deliberately listened to Zhang Anping's flattering words, but he gradually lost his patience and showed some impatience. However, Zhang Anping seemed not to notice and kept flattering him.
When the spies surrounding him saw that Zhou Fohai's expression had turned cold, they tactfully left, leaving Zhou Fohai with room to vent his anger.
When Zhou Fohai was about to teach him a lesson, Zhang Anping moved closer to him and whispered:
"Minister Zhou, I actually have another name."
"Ok?"
"The Japanese call me Zhang Shihao."
After Zhang Anping finished speaking, he looked at the other person with a smile.
Zhang! Shi! Hao!
These three words were like thunder, instantly making Zhou Fohai dazed.
But after all, the other party was a veteran who had defected twice, so he quickly controlled his emotions. After he regained his composure, he lowered his voice and said:
"The famous Commander Zhang came to me. Could it be that he wanted to sacrifice himself for the sake of justice?"
It seems that Zhang Anping's exclusive title has been passed on to the top leaders of the Wang Puppet regime.
Zhang Anping still had a big smile on his face:
"That's not worth it."
"I think so too."
They both laughed, but they could see the fake smile on each other's face.
"Minister Zhou, can we talk now?"
"Right on my mind."
Zhang Anping raised his eyebrows: "Minister Zhou, can you set a time?"
"After the party, come to my car."
"Minister Zhou is really courageous."
"Thank you for your praise. I think Commander Zhang is the one with real courage."
Zhang Anping said respectfully, "Haha, isn't this trusting Minister Zhou's character?"
Zhou Fohai's mouth twitched involuntarily, and then he said:
"Then after the banquet, I will be waiting for Commander Zhang!"
After the two ended their brief and "sincere" conversation, they returned to their previous state.
While dealing with the traitors, Zhang Anping secretly observed Zhou Fohai's movements and found that this guy was as calm as a normal person and there was no sign of anything unusual.
[As expected of a veteran who repeatedly defected! 】
Zhang Anping was secretly concerned, thinking that this guy might be more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
Zhang Anping, who "met" a bunch of traitors during the banquet, quietly came to the parking lot before the end of the banquet. After dodging the patrolling guards, he found Zhou Fohai's car, quickly opened the door and hid inside.
Soon after, the banquet was over and Zhou Fohai got into the car under the escort of a group of traitors. The moment he got into the car, he was startled when he saw Zhang Anping dozing off in the car. Then he pretended to be nothing and rejected the traitors' hospitality and got into the car half-covertly.
Zhou Fohai was very cautious. After the driver got in the car, he never mentioned Zhang Anping's identity. Instead, he talked about various situations in Shanghai. Zhang Anping naturally knew the other party's intention and handled it with ease.
The car drove all the way to Zhou's house. Seeing that Zhou Fohai had no intention of getting off the car, the driver was very sensible and left on his own.
As soon as the driver left, Zhou Fohai, who had just been chatting with Zhang Anping, said angrily:
"I thought you, Zhang Shihao, were a hero, but I didn't expect you to threaten me with my old mother!"
This sentence surprised Zhang Anping. Although he was a big spy, he never used the family members of traitors to threaten them.
His first reaction was that Zhou Fohai had made a mistake, but then he thought, well, this was definitely the work of his cousin - probably just a coincidence.
Zhang Anping shrugged and sneered, "Minister Zhou is not bad at all in this respect!"
This naturally means that he has suffered serious losses.
Zhou Fuhai snorted: "At least I didn't use my family members to threaten my opponents."
"Haha," Zhang Anping laughed, "Do you want me to dig up the dirty laundry of No. 76 and show it to Minister Zhou? The current Security Bureau isn't much better. By the way, there are many lackeys in your pseudo-regime who do the same. I've only memorized about % or % of it at best. Nine notebooks wouldn't be enough."
Zhou Fohai was speechless and heartbroken.
After taking a deep breath, he asked:
"What do you want to do?"
He didn't want to dwell on this topic. No matter how he glorified their behavior, Zhou Fohai, as the person involved, knew very well what he was doing and what kind of people his subordinates were.
Zhang Anping saw Zhou Fohai's guilty conscience, so he said with a smile: "I want the printing template of the Central Reserve Bank."
Zhou Fuhai said without hesitation: "Dream on! Impossible!"
He simply couldn't believe that the big spy in front of him would actually make such a request!
Zhang Anping sneered: "Nothing is impossible in this world - just like people never thought that the second-in-command of the Nationalist government would defect."
"Of course, some people would never have thought that after they betrayed their country and betrayed the country, the national army not only did not collapse as you imagined, but the Japanese had already lost hope of victory."
Faced with Zhang Anping's heart-wrenching words, Zhou Fohai was speechless.
When they committed treason, the Battle of Wuhan had just ended. Although the military claimed that it would be difficult for the Japanese army to launch large-scale strategic offensives from then on, people like Zhou Fohai, who had witnessed the loss of large tracts of territory in more than a year, still deified the Japanese army in their hearts.
But who could have imagined that three and a half years later, although the Japanese army had achieved some "successes" on the battlefield, it was no longer invincible.
It would be a lie for these cowardly and shameless people in the past to say they have no regrets in the face of this situation.
Zhou Fuhai thought about it and then said stubbornly: "The winner has not been decided yet!"
"The Soviet Union is in a desperate situation in the war. The Nationalist government has lost its greatest support. Can it still hold on?"
Faced with this question, Zhang Anping couldn't help but laugh and asked back:
"Why didn't Minister Zhou mention that the Japanese gave up their attack on the Soviet Union?"
Zhou Fohai was speechless again.
When the Soviet-German War broke out, the Japanese sharpened their knives and deployed a large number of troops to the Northeast, which scared these traitors.
Although it turned out to be a false alarm afterwards, Zhou Fohai also realized that as the National Army persisted year after year, the Japanese army that he had imagined as a myth had already revealed its true colors. They were all afraid that the Japanese army would be bogged down in the quagmire of the war with the Soviet Union, allowing the National Government to launch a strategic counterattack to regain lost territory.
This actually proves one thing:
They no longer believed that the Japanese would eventually win the future. Seeing Zhou Fuhai was speechless, Zhang Anping said:
"Minister Zhou, have you ever thought about your own ending?"
Zhou Fohai stared at Zhang Anping without answering.
Zhang Anping then said to himself:
"If Minister Zhou wins the bet, he will be like Zhang Hongfan and Hong Chengchou. If he is unlucky, he will be like Zhang Bangchang at best. But if he loses the bet..."
Zhang Anping said quietly:
"It's a pity that there is no lingchi execution now, otherwise, he would have died screaming in pain after being stabbed dozens of times, which would have been worthy of the infamy in this life."
Zhou Fuhai might have been frightened by Zhang Anping's description of the torture, and said in a timid tone:
"Zhang Shihao, don't think you are sure to win!"
"Thought?" Zhang Anping laughed again. He smiled and asked, "Minister Zhou, the Japanese have given up the advance northward. What do you think they will do next?"
Zhou Fohai frowned: "What do you want to say?"
"It is difficult for the Japanese to gain a breakthrough on the Chinese battlefield. Faced with a situation where the investment is greater than the cost, do you think the Japanese will be willing to put all their last chips on China?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Zhang Anping said to himself: "For the Japanese, if they have to make this choice, they might as well bet on the Soviet Union and attack the Soviet Union together with the Germans."
"At least the Germans have millions of troops deployed to the Soviet battlefield, so they have a better chance of winning no matter how you look at it."
"The Japanese have even given up the idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the Soviet Union. They are probably even more unwilling to put all their last assets on China!"
Zhou Fohai couldn't help but ask: "What will they do then?"
"Go south!"
Zhang Anping said calmly: "If the Japanese want to gamble, going south will be the greatest hope. Vietnam, Burma and the entire Southeast Asia have more resources and only a small number of enemies. They will not be caught in a dilemma like China."
"If the Japanese want to make up for their losses and get their money back, going south is the only option."
What Zhang Anping said was actually the core of the debate between Japan's Northward Advancement Faction and Southward Advancement Faction. The Northward Advancement required facing the Soviet Union, a powerful opponent to which Japan had already lost once. After the Soviet Union and Germany entered the war, the Northward Advancement Faction gained the upper hand, but was ultimately stopped.
The Japanese dared to gamble, but since it was a gamble, they had to study the winning rate. After they found out that the winning rate was extremely small, they dared not gamble anymore as they moved north!
Because the Battle of Nomonhan has already told them with facts that the chances of winning are really too small.
There are only two ways left:
Either bet all your remaining assets on China, or head south!
The Japanese have no confidence in China.
After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese had exhausted all the wealth accumulated since the Meiji Restoration, and their economy was on the brink of collapse. However, because they occupied vast Chinese territory and underwent predatory aggression, they were able to barely recover. However, the Chinese battlefield had been continuously bleeding Japan, and the recovery speed could not achieve a balance between income and expenditure compared to the continuous bleeding.
If the Japanese really wanted to go all in on China, they would have done so after the Battle of Wuhan.
But the Japanese did not. For more than two years, they have maintained the current size of their invading army - the Chinese's resolute resistance has told them that even if they go all in on China, they may not be able to completely resolve the war in China in a short period of time.
If not, Japan will completely collapse.
Japan cannot and dare not gamble on advancing northward, and there is no hope for China if it goes all in. The only way for Japan, which is driving its out-of-control chariot and unable to end the war, is to move southward!
Zhou Fohai was actually aware of this point.
He remained silent, thinking about what Zhang Anping would say next - the other party could say so much to him, and his purpose was actually obvious.
Zhang Anping naturally had to "flip the cards" at this time:
"Minister Zhou, sometimes playing both sides is actually a good way to protect yourself. What do you think?"
The real purpose was revealed, and Zhang Anping revealed his intention to instigate rebellion.
Zhou Fohai asked: "Is this your idea or Dai Chunfeng's?"
"Is there any difference?" Zhang Anping asked back, "Or does Minister Zhou not believe in my promise?"
Zhou Fohai quickly weighed the pros and cons. Seeing the other party's expression constantly changing, Zhang Anping naturally knew that he was planning something, so he struck while the iron was hot:
"Minister Zhou, how about we make a bet?"
Zhou Fuhai asked: "Bet? How to bet?"
"I bet the Japanese will soon move south. Not only will they move south, but they will also try to get rid of the United States, which is their only 'scourge', in advance."
"In other words, I bet the Japanese will go to war with the Americans in order to go south!"
Declare war on the Americans?
Zhou Fohai looked at Zhang Anping in disbelief. Seeing that Zhang Anping didn't seem to be joking at all, he said:
"I made a bet - if you win, I will find a way to give you a banknote printing mold..."
"Stop..." Zhang Anping laughed, "Minister Zhou, I'm afraid you made a mistake."
"My bet is to give Minister Zhou a chance, a chance to have his feet on two boats, not just for a mere template for printing money." Zhang Anping sneered, "If it's just for the template, I have a hundred ways to get it."
"Of course, the only trouble is that every time I get it, Minister Zhou has to revise the Zhongku volume again."
Zhou Fohai knew that Zhang Anping was not exaggerating and that the Shanghai Military Control Commission did have the confidence.
But he was very excited about Zhang Anping's proposal of "sitting on two boats".
In fact, after seeing that the Japanese could not win quickly, Zhou Fohai began to think of "sitting on two boats".
But because of his current identity as a traitor, he could not find any breakthrough except for the business dealings between the two parties which were known to each other.
This is also the reason why he made an appointment with Zhang Anping to meet in the car after Zhang Anping suddenly appeared - since Zhang Anping took the risk to find him, he was sure that the other party had the intention of rebelling against him.
This is why he spent so much time talking about it.
It was just that Zhang Anping used the word "gamble" to defeat his idea of raising the price.
"I will find a way to get you a printing template," Zhou Fohai said, making his thoughts clear: "But I need a guarantee from the National Government to guarantee that I..."
"No problem." Zhang Anping answered before he could finish.
The answer without hesitation made Zhou Fuhai feel uneasy.
Zhang Anping naturally knew why the other party was uneasy, because he not only answered the question quickly, but also did it so straightforwardly.
He then showed his "sincerity": "Minister Zhou, I will tell you a secret."
"Please say."
"The Shanghai Military Control Commission has run out of operational forces in Shanghai."
Zhou Fohai was puzzled and did not believe it.
"Yan Shuangying" has been making so much noise recently, and now you say that the Military Control Commission's operational force in Shanghai is empty?
is it possible?
The Japanese have never achieved a crushing victory on the intelligence battlefield in Shanghai. Let alone a crushing victory, there are very few large-scale victories!
"Do you think it's unreasonable for me to say this since I've been making such a fuss in Shanghai recently?" Zhang Anping said with a smile, "Our ancestors have long said that reality is emptiness and emptiness is reality. It's because of emptiness that I've made such a fuss."
"Because the Shanghai concession will soon disappear."
The charlatan Anping Zhang Youyou said: "Once the Japanese go south, the concession will certainly cease to exist. In this case, I must respond early. What do you think, Minister Zhou?"
Zhou Fohai frowned, thinking, what does this have to do with your "perfunctory" promise?
"Minister Zhou, the Military Control Commission's operational force in Shanghai is weak. Many things in the future Nationalist government will have to rely on Minister Zhou."
Zhang Anping asked in return: "If there is no promise and guarantee that can reassure Minister Zhou, will Minister Zhou really help?"
"To put it another way - I have come to see Minister Zhou in person. If I am not fully prepared, how can I easily come to see Minister Zhou?"
"So, Minister Zhou, as long as the conditions are reasonable, I will give the same answer:
no problem!"
Zhou Fohai couldn't help but agree with Zhang Anping's explanation.
Zhou Fohai said in a gentle tone: "Cooperating with Chief Zhang really saves us a lot of trouble and effort!"
"Then you and I will wait for the next result. As a token of sincerity, I will find a way to hand over the banknote printing template to Chief Zhang."
Zhang Anping smiled brightly: "Brother Zhou, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Brother Zhou?
Hearing Zhang Anping's greeting as a way of getting closer to him, Zhou Fohai took the opportunity to call him "Brother Zhang". The two smiled at each other, and their fake smiles were no longer seen.
Obviously, Zhou Fohai has never heard of a curse about "old brother" - so far, the only person who can withstand Zhang Anping's address as "old brother" is Xu Baichuan. Zhang Anping was also worried that Xu couldn't bear it, so he stopped calling him old brother a long time ago.
……
After finishing the meeting with Zhou Fohai, the first thing Zhang Anping did when he returned home was to flip through his notebook.
Well, read more of the negative information about Zhou Fohai recorded in the notebook, so as to avoid forgetting your original intention because of the smooth cooperation.
After reading the black material, my original intention became firm again.
Are you kidding me? A bastard like Zhou Fohai wants to have the best of both worlds?
Ha, he must have stepped on the boat, but the reason why Zhang Anping took action personally was to make him capsize the boat smoothly in the future!
In the original time and space, Zhou Fohai was instigated by Lao Dai. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he suddenly became a "hero", but because of his notoriety, he was finally imprisoned under pressure from public opinion. After Lao Dai's death, he got in touch with Mao Renfeng. Although he was sentenced to death, he was finally pardoned by the captain and the death penalty was changed to imprisonment.
He eventually died of illness.
Zhang Anping doesn't want to let him escape trial - the notorious traitor cannot have a good end!
Therefore, Zhang Anping will hold this line in his own hands in the future. When the great reckoning after the Anti-Japanese War comes, he will let the fickle villain experience the despair of being killed by "fickleness"! (End of this chapter)
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